"Mere trade" or "learned profession"? :medical practice in Dover, 1780-1850: Historical New Hampshire / Marcia Schmidt Blaine.

Title:

"Mere trade" or "learned profession"? :medical practice in Dover, 1780-1850: Historical New Hampshire / Marcia Schmidt Blaine.

Author:

Blaine, Marcia Schmidt.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2010.

Physical Description:

p. 2-26.

Source:

Vol. 64, No. 1 (Summer 2010) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The article presents an examination of early American medicine by exploring the medical practice in Dover, New Hampshire between the years 1780 and 1850. It examines the career of Kensington, New Hampshire physician Jabez Dow who studied medicine in Dover under the apprenticeship of physician Jacob Kittredge. It discusses how medicine was studied in the apprenticeship setting and examines some of the early innovations in public health such as the introduction of smallpox inoculation hospitals. It discusses the importance of scientific exchange among physicians in 19th century medicine and examines the establishment of the New Hampshire Medical Society. It explores improvements in medical education and examines increases in competition due to growing communities in New Hampshire.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Medicine History. New Hampshire , Medical education Social aspects.

People:

Dow, Jabez, 1776-1839. , Kittredge, Jacob.

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